Better PCB Manufacturing Starts Before the Design Is Released
The most reliable PCB builds often begin with collaboration between the designer and the manufacturer.
Westak's engineering teams work with customers during the design and development process to identify potential manufacturing concerns, evaluate material and construction options, and help create designs that can be manufactured reliably and repeatedly.
Whether you're developing a new PCB, working through a challenging stackup, evaluating controlled impedance requirements or preparing files for fabrication, we're here to help.
Westak's engineering teams work with customers during the design and development process to identify potential manufacturing concerns, evaluate material and construction options, and help create designs that can be manufactured reliably and repeatedly.
Whether you're developing a new PCB, working through a challenging stackup, evaluating controlled impedance requirements or preparing files for fabrication, we're here to help.
Get Engineering Involved Early
Early engineering collaboration can help identify issues before they result in design changes, engineering questions, increased cost or manufacturing delays.
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Westak can assist with:
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For designs that push standard manufacturing limits, we recommend involving Westak engineering before the design is finalized.
PCB Design Resources
Design Guidelines
Understand the manufacturing considerations that can impact PCB cost, reliability and manufacturability.
Review recommendations for trace and space, hole sizes, annular ring, copper weights, solder mask, board thickness, tolerances and other common PCB design requirements.
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Understand the manufacturing considerations that can impact PCB cost, reliability and manufacturability.
Review recommendations for trace and space, hole sizes, annular ring, copper weights, solder mask, board thickness, tolerances and other common PCB design requirements.
Explore PCB Design Guidelines →
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Stackup & Impedance
Developing the correct PCB stackup early can help improve manufacturability, impedance performance and material availability. Westak engineering can assist with stackup construction, dielectric selection, copper weights and controlled impedance modeling. Review Stackup Considerations → |
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PCB Materials
Material selection can affect electrical performance, thermal reliability, manufacturability, lead time and cost.
Review commonly available FR-4, high-temperature, high-frequency, polyimide and specialty PCB materials.
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Material selection can affect electrical performance, thermal reliability, manufacturability, lead time and cost.
Review commonly available FR-4, high-temperature, high-frequency, polyimide and specialty PCB materials.
Explore PCB Materials →
PCB Tooling Package
A complete fabrication package helps eliminate assumptions during CAM tooling and reduces unnecessary engineering questions.
See the files and documentation we recommend providing with your PCB order.
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A complete fabrication package helps eliminate assumptions during CAM tooling and reduces unnecessary engineering questions.
See the files and documentation we recommend providing with your PCB order.
Review Tooling Package Requirements →
IPC-D-356A Netlists
An IPC-D-356A netlist provides an independent electrical reference that can be compared with the Gerber data before manufacturing begins.
It helps verify design intent from data input through final electrical test.
Learn Why IPC-D-356A Netlists Are Important →
An IPC-D-356A netlist provides an independent electrical reference that can be compared with the Gerber data before manufacturing begins.
It helps verify design intent from data input through final electrical test.
Learn Why IPC-D-356A Netlists Are Important →
Have a Challenging PCB Design?
Small holes. Thick boards. Tight tolerances. Controlled impedance. Specialty materials. HDI structures.
These requirements often interact with one another, and a change to one feature can affect the manufacturability of the entire PCB.
Send us your design requirements early and let our engineering team help identify potential concerns before your design is released for production.
Request an Engineering Review →
These requirements often interact with one another, and a change to one feature can affect the manufacturability of the entire PCB.
Send us your design requirements early and let our engineering team help identify potential concerns before your design is released for production.
Request an Engineering Review →
PCB Manufacturing Lunch & Learns
Bring PCB Manufacturing Expertise to Your Engineering Team
Westak offers complimentary Lunch & Learn presentations for customers interested in learning more about PCB fabrication and Design for Manufacturability.
Westak offers complimentary Lunch & Learn presentations for customers interested in learning more about PCB fabrication and Design for Manufacturability.
Presentations can be tailored to your engineering team's needs and may include topics such as:
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- PCB manufacturing fundamentals
- Design for Manufacturability
- Stackup development
- Controlled impedance
- Material selection
- HDI and microvias
- PCB fabrication documentation
- Common design issues that impact cost and lead time
Contact Westak to Schedule a Lunch & Learn →
Need PCB Engineering Assistance?
Don't wait until your design reaches CAM to discover a manufacturing issue.
Westak's engineering team is available to review your requirements and help you develop a PCB that is designed for reliable manufacturing.
Westak's engineering team is available to review your requirements and help you develop a PCB that is designed for reliable manufacturing.
